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Artist: Alkaline Trio Website: www.myspace.com/alkalinetrio or www.alkalinetrio.com/ Track Name: Mercy Me Jools was channel surfing on Saturday night and just caught the start of Rage on the ABC, the first act up was Alkaline Trio and it caught my ear and stopped me long enough to go and have a closer listen. These guys are [...]

Artist: 500 Miles To Memphis Website: www.myspace.com/500milestomemphis or 500 Miles To Memphis Track Name: All My Friends Are Crazy Playback: mp3/flash Download?: Yes Well this is weird, I was looking for a “post punk” piece for today, so what did I end up with? “Country Punk”? “Cowboy punk”? A really good band? You bet. 500 [...]

Artist: The Boggs Website:www.myspace.com/theboggs Track Name: Arm in Arm Playback: Flash Download?: No Post Punk? Gary Glitter Glam? Nope. the Boggs are a group of street musicians from Brooklyn, New York who met while performing on subway platforms and decided to move their act indoors (much nicer in winter and the guitar strings don’t rust [...]

Artist: Vanden Website: www.myspace.com/vandenrock Track Name: Breathe Playback: mp3/flash Download?: Yes Now this is a good start to the week, crunchy guitars and big production. What else do we need. Breathe is one of the epic songs that sounds like it has been shifted in time from the Eighties and given a quick tartup in [...]

Artist: Greenland Whalefishers Website: www.g-w-f.com Track Name: Punk Shanty Playback: flash Download?: No Bovver boots, tartan pants, singlet, peaked cap and shades. This picture of sartorial elegance is Arvid Grov the wiry lead singer ond founding member of the Norwegian band Greenland Whalefishers. Arvid leads a band consisting of Agnes Skollevoll on tin whistle and [...]

Artist: Miss The Occupier Website: www.misstheoccupier.com/ Track Name: All Night Playback: mp3/flash Download?: Yes It’s all been a bit slick and commercial of late, so in an attempt at balance (stop laughing) I thought something a bit loud and raucous would be appropriate, and where is one of the best places for loud and raucous… [...]

Artist: Cobweb Society Website:myspace.com/thecobwebsociety Track Name: Eternal Flame Playback: flash Download?: No Turn up the volume and check out Cobweb Society’s Eternal Flame. This is a pretty good no nonsense punk rock band from Canada. Best appreciated at volumes exceeding normal listening levels and associated with the odd bit of head banging to boot or [...]